Today was quite cold in the region of Sinnoh, but then again it was always cold around this time a year, wasn't it? The snow outside was pretty heavy and was rising up quickly, so high that smaller pokemon and children could easily get lost in it.
Vida rubbed her paws together and shivered, peeking out a small window in the cargo hold. She had stowed away on a ferry in Sunyshore to reach the Pokemon League, once there she would be attending…her Father's Birthday party.
"Damn I hate the cold..and I hate Sinnoh..I was born here, so what? Not like I spent a lot of time here.. I wouldn't even be here if Mother didn't send me that damn letter." The Riolu whispered and hugged herself for warmth.
A few days earlier, Summer was passing out mail to whichever one of her teammates had gotten some. The mail for them would usually be from friends, clients, and sometimes family, just like the letter Vida just received.
She raised an eyebrow as she looked at the letter she was just handed. "A letter from Mother? I wonder how she's doing.." She thought to herself and began to open the letter, she pulled out a note and read it.
Dear Vida,
I know you and your Father haven't talked in a long time, but it'd mean a lot to him if you'd come to his birthday this weekend at the Sinnoh Pokemon League. Myself and your sister will be there as well, but you don't have to come if you don't want to, we just miss you a lot. We haven't seen you in person in quite a while and we want to see how you're doing. Anyway, I shouldn't drag on any longer, I hope to see you there.
Love your Mother, Aella.
Vida read through the letter a few more times and could make out a faint mark that looked like a dried tear, or was it just dried drool from her baby sister? She didn't dwell on it for too long as she balled up the note and tossed it away.
"Who was that from?" Asked a clearly happy Warisha, who was polishing a bright Emerald she has just received from the mail.
"Just my Mom asking me to come to a party for my Father." She told the Mareep, who had put down her emerald and gone over and unballed the letter to read it.
"You gonna go?" Warisha asked.
"Why would I? I'd just be wasting my time."
"What do you mean? If your Father is who I THINK it is, why wouldn't you want to go?" Asked the confused Mareep.
Vida sighed and looked at her teammate. "He may be a Champion's Pokemon, but he's a failure when it comes to parenting. The day I learned to attack I was sent off with some child, I barely got to say bye to mom, and I spent little time in Sinnoh, cause my trainer decided to go through Kanto and Johto."
"So I ran from my trainer and went back home, only to find out he wanted nothing to do with me cause I abandoned my trainer. Mother tried to reason with him but he wouldn't listen, the asshole… So he practically kicked me out and well... I met Souris while she was out on a mission and here I am now." She told Warisha who was listening closely.
"I think you should go, maybe things have changed. You don't want to upset your mother, do you?"
"Well no, I don't want to upset Mom, but Dad..what if nothing's changed with him? I don't wanna go there and get kicked out like last time.." Vida looked crestfallen and sighed. She looked up quickly when she felt a paw on her shoulder, staring into the eyes of Warisha.
"Trust me on this, ok? Things have most likely changed, if they didn't, your Mom wouldn't be sending a letter to you. If your father kicks you out, I will personally come down there myself and kick his ass." Warisha said with a wide smile.
Vida giggled a bit and smiled. "Ok ok I'll go, but I wanna help you kick his ass if he does."
"Deal!" They shook on it as Vida prepared for her trip.
Back in the present day, Vida was still shivering and rubbing her paws together. Oh how she hated the cold season in Sinnoh.
"Well, atleast I get to see Mom." Vida said to herself, she perked up when she heard the intercom.
"Attention passengers! We will be docking at the Pokemon League in just a few minutes, we wish you the best of luck!" The Captain announced over the intercom.
"I can finally get off this damn ferry." A smile appeared on her face.
The ferry soon docked at the edge of the Pokemon League, trainers walked(and ran) quickly to the Pokecenter to heal up there teams, as they had done a lot of battling while on board. After they were done they all headed for Victory Road, but Vida decided to instead climb OVER the mountain.
"Like hell am I gonna let myself get caught by some random trainer." She thought to herself as she climbed.
It took her a few hours to climb over as the snow grew heavier as she climbed over, she had to stop a few times to keep herself warm using her aura powers. When she finally made it over she was shivering a lot as she walked towards the castle-like building. When she walked in she was greeted by what she calls an 'annoying' sight.
"Hey there, shrimp! Haven't seen you in a long time." Cynthia's Garchomp said as she grinned down at Vida.
"Don't call me 'shrimp' landfish. You should just keep moving or you'll die." Vida said with her arms crossed.
"You really should respect those older then you, shrimp."
"Respect YOU? For what? You're just 'Cynthia's Garchomp'. So until you do something to earn my respect, you're nothing but Dad's fishy bitch." Vida said and walked over to the others, leaving behind a clearly pissed Garchomp.
"Oh my! You sure told HER a thing or two!" Cynthia's Roserade said as she laughed with the others.
"Little Vida sure had grown since she left." Snickered Togekiss.
"That she has, its so good to see you again." Added Lucian's Espeon with a smile on her face.
Vida smiled back at them with a small giggle. "I'm not so little anymore, Uncle Togekiss, and its good to see you again too, Auntie. And Aunt Roserade, I did indeed show her something, I'm not gonna blindlessly respect someone cause they want me too."
"Good for you, but Garchomp isn't all bad, she's just letting all her recent wins go to her head. No one's been able to beat Cynthia lately, not since Dawn and Lucas passed by here." Roserade said to her.
"Over confidence will get you killed…anyway, where're my Mom and Dad?" Vida asked.
Espeon smiled and pointed with her tail to the stairs. "They're up there waiting for you, said they'd come join us here once they talked to you privately."
"Alright, thank you Aunt Espeon." Vida smiled and made her way upstairs, she then started going through the Elite 4 rooms and thought to herself. "They must have done some redecoration..I don't remember cliffs in Bertha's room..or a fire pit in Flint's.." She made her way over to the fire to see if it was real and quickly stepped back as she was almost burned.
"How did he even manage to get this put in? ..Now that I think about it, how does he have a red afro?" She asked herself as she made her way to Cynthia's room. Once she got there she looked around, taking in the new decorations. "What the hell? Cubes? Do they take me to a different dimension or something?"
She quickly turned towards the center of the room when she heard chuckling and giggling, standing there was her Father, next to him was Aella, her Mother the Mienshao holding her little sister, a Mienfoo.
"No sweetie, they're just there for decoration, they won't be taking you anywhere." Aella giggled as she put down the young Mienfoo in her arms.
"Sissy!" Imelda said and wobbled over to Vida, she jumped up and glomped her older sister who returned the embrace.
"Good to see you too, little sister." Vida kissed Imelda on the forehead and hugged her tightly before putting her down. She then turned her gaze over to her parents and made her way over with Imelda following.
"Hey Mom, hello Father.." She smiled up at Aella but only gave a half smile for Lucario.
"Hello sweetie, its so nice to see you here." Aella kneeled down and embraced her child, kissing her multiple times on the head and cheeks.
"Moooom! Don't treat me like a baby!" Vida whined and gently pushed her Mother away, earning a gentle giggle from her.
"I'm sorry, hunny, I just haven't seen you in a long time, I couldn't help myself."
"It's alright, just control yourself and I'll visit more often."
Aella smiled down at her as Vida turned her gaze to her silent father.
"..Still no trainer?" He finally said.
"No Father, I don't want a new trainer and I don't want my old one."
"And why not?"
"If I don't want a trainer then I don't have to get one! You may be my Dad but you are NOT the boss of me!"
He sighed and ran a paw across his face. "I just wish you'd consider it.."
"When are you gonna get it through your thick skull that I'm not going to follow some human child around as he goes around from region to region?! I HATE being cooped up in a Pokeballs and I hate it when he blamed ME for HIS losses!" She screamed at her father, a few tears in her eyes.
"He..what..?" Lucario asked reluctantly.
"That's right Dad. That 'perfect" trainer you put me with was nothing but a little spoiled brat! Everytime we lost he pinned the blame on his Pokemon, he called us weak and a failure to him! He never ONCE considered that it was HIS fault for not training us!" A few more tears ran down her cheeks. Lucario sighed and looked away.
"I told you that trainer wasn't as good as he looked! But YOU wouldn't listen, if I ever see that boy again I'm splitting him in half!" Aella yelled at her mate before dropping to her knees and bringing Vida into a hug. Imelda also hugged Vida, but clearly had no idea what was going on.
"I'm so sorry, baby, if I would have known how he was I would have tracked you down.." Aella said as she comforted her daughter.
"Its not your fault, Mom.."
"I..had no idea.." The three hugging Pokemon turned there gaze to the Lucario.
"Well now you do, and Dad..if you make me get another trainer I swear i'll kick your ass.."
"I don't plan on it. I was just blinded, I've grown up my whole life having a trainer and thought having one meant you'd reach your full potential."
"Well clearly you're wrong..any pokemon can reach that point if they try hard enough."
"I know, and I apologize for putting you through all this." Lucario grabbed Vida and pulled her into a hug. Vida hesitated for the longest time before finally returning the embrace.
"..I love you, Dad." She smiled up at him.
"I love you too.." He smiled back warmly. Aella also smiled at them as she held Imelda, who was drifting asleep.
"Well c'mon now, we have a party to enjoy!" Lucario smiled at his three girls and put Vida down, taking Imelda and cradling her before walking back to the main room.
They made there way back to the party room and enjoyed the rest of it well into midnight, eating all the cake and ice-cream they could, he also got some really nice gifts, but Vida had felt bad that she didn't bring one of her own. Lucario waved it off and told her that she being here is the best he could ask for. Everyone "Aww'd", causing the two to blush. Vida now hopes that nothing comes between her and her Father again.
